Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew remains keen to manage England, but only after he has served his eight year contract on Tyneside.
The 51-year-old guided Newcastle to fifth in the Premier League in his first full-season, earning the unprecedented deal that runs until 2020.
Pardew told The Independent of his long term goal, “I do have ambitions internationally – I would like to do that at some point.
“Hopefully I will see this contract out and see what I’m doing later on. I have always felt that a person can be a success as England manager. I won’t change my opinion on that, but I don’t think it’s easy.
“Roy Hodgson probably has a tough spell as England manager because our pool of players is not as great as it used to be.”
The ex-Southampton boss also went on to talk about his much publicised new deal at the Sports Direct Arena.
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“Both of us looked at the contract [him and Magpies owner Mike Ashley], and felt it lacked a bit of security. So this contract is more secure for Mike in terms of keeping me at the football club.
“The eight years came from Mike. I never got to the point of talking about how long I wanted the contract for. He spoke to me about eight years and I thought: OK.”
West Bromwich Albion centre forward has called up on his teammates to find a ruthless edge to see out results.
This comes after the ace saw his side lose to Manchester City on Saturday, despite retaining a 1-0 lead in the 67th minute.
The Republic of Ireland International was left ruing a wasted opportunity as the Baggies put in a magnificent display, but still left The Hawthorns with nothing.
It comes as even more of a blow when it is considered that City were down to 10 men for the majority of the match, with James Milner sent off.
Steve Clarke has been trying to deliver a brand of football that is pleasing on the eye, but the Albion striker put an emphasis upon securing results like they have done so far this season.
Long told the West Brom official website “: “The crowd were getting behind us and we really felt like we could win the game. That is the confidence we have in the squad at the moment. But at the same time, we have probably got to learn from these situations.”
Despite, the disappointment, the striker was quick to realise that current premier league champions won’t be dropping many points this season, so the side can still take heart from Saturday.
He elaborated by saying “But at least we lost in the right way, trying to win the game and taking the game to them. There aren’t many teams that will take points off Manchester City this season.”
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Long will be looking to feature in West Bromwich Albion’s next game at St James’s park against Newcastle on Saturday.
Tottenham are expected to confirm the signing of France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris later today, according to The Mirror.
The fee for the Lyon stopper is expected to be in the region of £12 million pounds, which would make him the fifth most expensive goalkeeper of all time.
Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas says that the decision now lies with Lloris on whether he wants to move to England after accepting an offer from Spurs: “We were close to Tottenham and now the decision is up to Hugo, who must have had a number of contacts with the English club. This transfer can be done at the end of the transfer window.”
Aulas added that ideally Lyon would like the transfer to go through in order for the French club to appease their soaring wage bill, “Would it be better for us to see him leaving? Since we have an objective to reduce the wage bill, this transfer enters in our programme.”
Lloris, who is captain for both his club and country, was one of the stand out performers for France in what was a less than convincing Euro 2012 campaign. Manager of the French national side Didier Deschamps said he is still unsure whether Lloris will go to Tottenham: “I talked with him by phone. He has a choice to make between Lyon and Tottenham. He has until Friday to decide, we will see.”
Lloris could potentially be one of a number of players entering White Hart Lane before the transfer window closes tomorrow night. Tottenham have already splashed £15 million pounds on attacking Moussa Dembele from Fulham and now according to The Mirror, manager Andre Villas-Boas is still targeting several more players. These include midfielders Joao Moutinho from Porto and Alan Dzagoev from CSKA Moscow, as well as strikers Willian from Shakhtar Donetsk and Leandro Demiao from Brazilian side Internacional.
Tottenham are still waiting to hear from Rennes after submitting a bid for the talented youngster, Yann M’Vila on Monday. There are funds available to Villas-Boas following the £30 million pound departure of central midfielder Luka Modric to Real Madrid.
There could also be a number of players leaving White Hart Line of the over the next 36 hours, including left-winger Danny Rose who is expected to join Sunderland as a replacement for Kieran Richardson who signed for Fulham yesterday. Midfielder Rafael van der Vaart may also be leaving White Hart Lane in favour of a return to the club where he made his reputation as a top-class European playmaker, Hamburg.
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Meanwhile, as one keeper may be arriving at White Hart Lane, Tottenham also confirmed this week that they have sold reserve goalkeeper David Button to Charlton Athletic for an undisclosed fee.
Some view Tim Sherwood’s version of Premier League management – post-match interview rants, gillet throw-downs, touchline bust-ups with opposing managers, basic 4-4-2’s and all – as an incredibly refreshing approach amid the corporate, kid gloves climate the English gaffer racket now finds itself in.
As the Independent’s Michael Calvin has labelled the Tottenham manager; “Tim Sherwood was the gaffer reinvented as the geezer.” Through his actions thus far in the White Hart Lane hotseat, the 44 year-old has resembled a figure much closer to a Spurs supporter you might find in a North London pub than his overbearingly intellectual, almost emotionless predecessor, Andre Villas-Boas.
But let us not be fooled; the Tottenham gaffer’s apparently passionate, ‘signing-from-the-heart-not-the-script’ demeanour is sourced from nothing other than his immense naivety as a manager.
There’s a reason you don’t see Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho or Manuel Pellegrini screaming at players from the touchline and booting around water bottles on a weekly basis – because it’s incredibly unproductive and rage can only further cloud ones judgement.
Despite these three managers taking a far more subtle and distinguished approach in the dug-out in comparison to the apparently passionate Sherwood, would you describe any of them as having less enthusiasm for the beautiful game or desire for victory than the Spurs boss?
If arrogance is a poor man’s confidence, then chucking your body-warmer on the floor and flailing your arms in the air is certainly a poor man’s passion. A ten-minute discussion of Tottenham’s tactics would be a far more convincing show of lust for the job than any of Sherwood’s touchline or press conference dramas so far.
Premier League managers have already received a disturbing warning this season for all head coaches who can’t keep their temperament in check, in the form of Newcastle manager Alan Pardew. The Magpies boss already had a prominent wrap-sheet of touchline misdemeanours, but brought a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘losing your cool’ when he decided to try and go head-to-head with Hull City’s David Meyler earlier this month, in possibly the greatest showing of unprofessionalism the Premier League has ever seen.
Like Pardew, I fear that Sherwood’s ferocious approach to dugout administration makes him an accident waiting to happen. Unlike the Newcastle gaffer however, I fear that Sherwood’s touchline aggression isn’t sourced from a hazardous over-enthusiasm, but rather the understandable insecurity of being incredibly out of his depth.
At the start of the season, Sherwood was part of the development structure at White Hart Lane, imprinting his desire and love for the club on the next generation of Tottenham hotshots breaking through. By mid-December, he was suddenly in charge of a first team squad that’s meant to be challenging for Champions League qualification – the holy grail of club level football – and expected to turn £110million’s-worth of transfer flops into flagship performers.
Considering he’s been in the top level management game for just 100 days and counting, Sherwood can feel proud of the progress he’s made thus far. But that’s like judging victories over Olympiacos and West Ham as a great week for Manchester United. In context, yes. In the grand scheme of things, no.
It’s not only Sherwood’s touchline antics that suggests he’s struggling with the weight of the task at hand. His team selections are random and reactionary with seemingly little thought as to how his line-ups will actually influence the match, barring the knowledge that Emmanuel Adebayor’s physical presence in the final third is vital to the Tottenham game-plan of kick-it-and-chase-it 1990’s football.
He’s left the most talented playmaker in Tottenham’s ranks – Christian Eriksen – squandering on the left hand side. Although the Danish international has claimed a stunning six goals and two assists in eight appearances on the left flank, it’s an astonishing waste of by far the most intelligent midfielder at Sherwood’s disposal, who last year was ripping Champions League opposition apart in a No.10 capacity. Amid Erkisen’s absence in the attacking midfield hub, that role has instead gone to Nacer Chadli, Aaron Lennon and Harry Kane over the last few weeks, none of whom can compare with the 22 year-old’s grace, technique or intellect – but that’s not what Sherwood’s all about.
Rather, the Spurs manager’s faith has been bizarrely cemented in academy product Nabil Bentaleb. Sherwood saw this kid develop through the Lane youth ranks and clearly has high hopes for his future. Furthermore, the 19 year-old has put in a number of decent performances in his 13 Premier League outings to date.
Yet, Bentaleb’s showings have not been so almighty and inspiring that the Algerian deserves his place in the Lilywhites first team to come with a virtual guarantee. Sherwood has overseen 15 Premier League fixtures in the Spurs dugout and, despite having never made a single senior appearance in any competition for the North London outfit previously, Bentaleb, who dons an average rating of 6.74 according to Whoscored.com, has featured in all but three of them. That includes starts against Arsenal and Chelsea, as well as against Benfica in the Europa League.
Facing the two London rivals and the Portuguese outfit represented the most determinate week of Tottenham’s 2013/14 campaign. From the three contests, Spurs didn’t record a single win, unsurprisingly so when a rookie 19 year-old is chosen to bedrock the midfield over Moussa Dembele, Paulinho, Sandro and Etienne Capoue. Just for the record, that’s four established international midfielders that Sherwood has sacrificed for the sake of Bentaleb’s development.
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Sherwood’s actions over the last 100 days – his public condemnation of the Tottenham roster’s lack of character, his gilet-slamming, abrasive touchline antics, his run-in with Benfica boss Jorge Jesus, and his team selections that strike a disturbing mix between vanity, arrogance and inexperience – don’t suggest a man in the know, or even a man who knows something remotely worthwhile.
The Tottenham gaffer is dangerously out of his depth; he’s a managerial accident waiting to happen. Daniel Levy’s chairman tenure in North London has been plagued by controversial appointments and knee-jerk decisions – sacking AVB for not getting the best out of a batch of prime transfer flops being one of them.
But axing Sherwood would not fall into that category. At this point, it would be like putting a headless chicken out of its misery – before it inadvertently crushes the golden egg.
Prior to their FA Cup triumph back in May, Arsenal fans had been forced to endure a long, painful and sometimes unbearable nine years of trophy-less football.
But that all seems to have been brushed under the carpet now that they’ve dusted off the silverware cabinet to make way for the FA Cup and the Community Shield.
Arsene Wenger’s determination to persevere with a journey that looked like it could continue forever has to be commended. It’s an impressive feat to have not given in when the road was at its bumpiest – just as impressive as TrustFord’s new Signing on Fee offer, which gives you £500 off the purchase off any new Ford car.
The Frenchman has been criticised for his lack of spending during that time period, with his more businesslike approach to the job seemingly clouding his managerial judgment in the transfer window.
But the last two summers have seen him rediscover some of his old self. He’s spent money, albeit more than he’s ever done before, on some top class talent that will no doubt go some way to restoring Arsenal as Premier League champions.
How long it takes is anyone’s guess, but Arsene Wenger is beginning to take the steps that could see the time come sooner rather than later.
So, with that in mind, here are FIVE reasons Wenger should still be trusted by the Emirates faithful to deliver a title…
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Big Money Signings
Gone are the days when fans criticised Wenger for not spending the money to ensure the Gunners kept up with their rivals.
But now the Frenchman is doing just that, with Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez both arriving in mega-money deals over the past two summers. Such deals can only mean Arsenal a stronger side than before.
Wenger appears to have woken up to the fact that spending money is the only way to ensure you’re in with a chance of silverware, and he’ll eventually be rewarded with a Premier League crown.
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Buying for the future
The £18m capture of Calum Chambers from Southampton initially appeared to have been for back-up reasons. But the 19-year-old has slotted in nicely at centre-back so far this season and has been extremely impressive in his first few games for the club.
With Mertersacker having an extended break after the World Cup and Thomas Vermaelen being sold to Barcelona, Chambers looks like he’s been brought with the future in mind, as well the present.
As things stand, he could be the first step towards a new era at Arsenal under Wenger.
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During the 18 years Wenger has been in the Gunners hot-seat, he’s won three Premier League titles, five FA Cups and five Community Shields. That’s a fairly impressive haul, despite him recently struggling to emulate to successes of his earlier years at Highbury.
It’s clearly frustrating when your team goes a long time without winning anything and watches as your rivals go on and fill their trophy cabinets up. But the transitional period the Gunners went through with the stadium move will have made a difference to the on-field fortunes of the club.
But now that Wenger is showing more promise now than he has for the best part of a decade, you wonder why he or the club should put an end to it and risk another baron spell with a wrong managerial appointment.
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He’s ended the trophy drought
The wait is over and Arsenal have two new trophies in the cabinet. That has to the basis upon which Wenger and Arsenal fans build for the future. ‘You’re only as good as your last game’ is the old saying, and Arsenal are currently only as good as their last trophy. That was the Community Shield (if you can call it a trophy), which they thrashed Premier League champions Man City 3-0 to win.
If that’s a sign of things to come then Wenger has to be trusted to keep delivering from now on.
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Stronger squad this year
After going close last year, Wenger has spent the summer strengthening his squad. The arrivals of Mathieu Debuchy, Alexis Sanchez and Calum Chambers are an obvious improvement on last season, and they’ve still got the likes of Per Mertersacker, Lukas Podolski and Mesut Ozil to return from their extended break.
All they arguably need now is a defensive midfielder and a striker to help Olivier Giroud and they’ll be all set for a proper title challenge.
The London Stadium is beginning to turn into a fortress after West Ham took points off another of the Premier League’s top sides in a 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Monday evening.
Issa Diop shines against devastating attack
Manuel Pellegrini’s defensive unit were always going to need to demonstrate a marked improvement from their sloppy, meek and borderline embarrassing performance against Wolves which preceded their Monday night clash – and that’s exactly what they did.
The central defensive partnership of Issa Diop and Angelo Ogbonna consistently anticipated danger and neutralised a Liverpool threat which has been relentlessly potent for the majority of the season so far.
Diop, in particular, was magnificent. His only mistake of the game arrived when he over-committed at the near post as an offside James Milner delivered the ball into Sadio Mane, but he can be forgiven for his slight misjudgement due to the circumstances of the situation.
The 22-year-old defensive colossus has been a revelation since he arrived from Toulouse in the summer, and his latest outing suggests a massive future at both club and international level is on the cards.
Deschamps may have another reason to snub Laporte
Didier Deschamps should be watching Diop with eagle-eyed intrigue after his compelling opening to life in English football.
The World Cup winning manager is, historically speaking, a tricky man to please. Aymeric Laporte has established himself as a mainstay at the heart of Manchester City’s defence since he signed for the club in January 2018, but an international call-cup continues to elude him.
Laporte will be scratching his head wondering what else he needs to do to get into Deschamps’ squad; if being arguably the first-choice centre-back for the Premier League champions is not enough to get the call, then what is?
One must assume that, for reasons which remain unclear in the public eye, the 50-year-old has taken issue with Laporte, and Diop’s form under Manuel Pellegrini could further cement his status as an outcast of the French national team.
The strength of Deschamps’ options in central defence suggest that Diop will need to be patient in his endeavour to work his way into the national side, but there’s no doubt he should be in the manager’s thinking after another sparkling display against Liverpool.
O São Paulo divulgou nota na tarde desta terça-feira para informar que recebeu a visita do prefeito regional do Butantã, Paulo Vitor Sapienza, para vistoria no complexo social e no estádio do Morumbi, atingidos por enchentes nos dois últimos fins de semana.
O texto explica o andamento do processo de limpeza e diz que o clube e as autoridades estão em busca de medidas que possam evitar que esse tipo de episódio se repita.
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O São Paulo acredita que poderá reabrir o seu complexo social antes do prazo de 30 dias estabelecido após o primeiro – e mais severo – alagamento, em 2 de março. Sobre os jogos da equipe profissional, a previsão é de que não precisem mais ser no Pacaembu após o clássico contra o Palmeiras, às 16h30 de sábado.
Além do Choque-Rei, o Estádio Municipal recebeu o empate por 1 a 1 com a Ferroviária, no último fim de semana, devido à situação do Morumbi.
Leia a nota oficial do São Paulo: O São Paulo Futebol Clube informa que recebeu nesta terça-feira (12) a visita do Prefeito Regional do Butantã, Paulo Vitor Sapienza, para vistoria no complexo social e no estádio do Morumbi, afetados por enchentes em decorrências das chuvas ocorridas no último dia 9 e, principalmente, no último dia 2.
A visita, solicitada pelo São Paulo, teve como objetivo analisar os locais afetados pelas enchentes para que se possa detectar causas e traçar ações conjuntas para minimizar riscos de novos alagamentos. O foco principal da vistoria foi o exame das galerias pluviais subterrâneas, para que a partir de agora se possa fazer um mapeamento exato que consiga identificar eventuais rompimentos que necessitam de restauração ou até outras intervenções. A equipe presente ainda fez o reconhecimento da área afetada por erosão no complexo social, próxima ao edifício Vilanova Artigas, na qual já se executa trabalho de contenção.
O São Paulo também comunica que na próxima quinta-feira (14) será recebido em reunião institucional na Prefeitura de São Paulo para compartilhar informações e imagens sobre o impacto das enchentes da região do Morumbi.
Nesta terça-feira, o clube avançou no trabalho de reconstrução do muro que cedeu parcialmente na avenida Jules Rimet. A nova divisão será reformada junto a uma estrutura de contenção, que suportará peso superior à anterior.
No complexo social, o São Paulo trabalha em processo de conclusão de limpeza e higienização, principalmente em relação às estruturas que contemplam o parque aquático. Prosseguem, também, as ações para pleno restabelecimento de abastecimento de energia elétrica, afetado pelos danos em cabines primárias, quadros de comando e transformadores. A diretoria atua, com otimismo, para viabilizar a abertura aos associados de ao menos parte do complexo social antes do término do prazo de interdição previamente anunciado.
Em relação ao estádio do Morumbi, o São Paulo já iniciou a reconstrução dos vestiários e trabalha com a previsão de voltar a receber partidas após o jogo contra o Palmeiras, que acontecerá no próximo sábado, no Pacaembu.
The Irish Police is searching for Sharyce Saili, a Zimbabwe cricketer, who went missing after the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 qualifiers, which concluded in Dublin last week
Ger Siggins06-Aug-2013The Irish Police is searching for a Zimbabwe cricketer, Sharyce Saili, who went missing after the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 qualifiers, which concluded in Dublin last week.Saili, who has played 26 matches for Zimbabwe since 2008, was last seen in the team’s hotel shortly after their Shield final against Thailand on July 31. Saili, a right-arm fast bowler, was booked to fly home last Friday morning, but was reported missing.The Garda Siochana – the Irish Police force – says it has found no trace of the cricketer.Zimbabwe finished sixth of the eight teams in the qualifiers after losing to Thailand. It was soon after that game that Saili was last seen in Croke Park Hotel, where all the teams and officials were staying.Saili, who is a salesperson in her hometown Harare, finished second on the wicket-takers list, taking seven wickets in five matches, including a career-best 3 for 15 against Japan.Saili has not updated her Facebook page since her disappearance. On the day she was last seen, she posted the following message: ‘A strong woman is one who is able to smile this morning like she wasn’t crying last night.’
A equipe do Tombense conquistou sua classificação para as quartas de final do Campeonato Mineiro após a vitória em casa por 3 a 0 sobre a equipe da Patrocinense.
Segundo o atacante Abner, mesmo decidindo fora de casa contra o Boa Esporte uma vaga para semifinal do Mineiro, a postura ofensiva da equipe de Tombos não irá se modificar.
– Sabemos da força da equipe do Boa Esporte em sua casa, mas isso não deve mudar nosso padrão de jogo. Chegamos até aqui jogando dessa forma e vamos seguir dessa maneira em busca da nossa classificação – afirmou.
Abner deu a assistência para o primeiro gol da partida contra a Patrocinense, algo visto como muito importante por ele, já que sua equipe necessitava da vitória para avançar de fase.
– A assistência para o primeiro gol foi muito importante, já que naquele momento o jogo estava muito complicado. Foi a partir dali que a partida ficou sobre nosso controle e conseguimos construir nossa vitória -comentou.
Tombense e Boa Esporte já se encontraram na 6ª rodada da competição. Na oportunidade, a equipe de Abner, que esteve ausente na ocasião, foi derrotada por 1 a 0 em Varginha. O atacante afirma que o time mudou bastante de lá pra cá e acredita em um resultado diferente neste sábado.
– Não joguei aquela partida pois eu estava machucado, mas é visível que hoje é uma equipe totalmente diferente daquele jogo. Mais confiante e preparada para o confronto -concluiu.
Boa Esporte e Tombense se enfrentam às 21h, no Estádio Municipal de Varginha
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